Mizque

Don’t really know how to describe these past three weeks in Mizque but I can tell it was pretty hard to leave this place. Firstly, Mizque is not really a place you’ll find a lot of foreigners. If there is “gringos” then it’s probably because they are volunteers at the only gringo’s farm, which I was too:) My initial plan was to use this place to recharge my travel energies but in the end it was so much more than that. At the farm I learned a lot about permaculture and building a farm in Bolivia from scratch being hosted by Simon and Jessica as well as their newborn boy. I shared the experience with other lovely volunteers working at the farm, cooking, eating, talking and playing a lot of Monopoly! One day we could even go on a hike and explore nature around Mizque when visiting the Pajchapata waterfall. Thanks to Nico, another volunteer who had already made a lot of connections in town, I could then even get to know many local people. With one Bolivian couple, Chaqueño and Doña Juana, we established a great relationship and since for them it’s a pleasure two invite people, we could dive deeper into Bolivian culture
and get to know their customs at several events. Their endless generosity, openness and kindness inspired me immensely. The only downside was that their culture includes a lot of drinking and so every time we were invited we enjoyed an abundance of Chicha, some sort of corn beer, and then some bad hangovers afterwards…:) Still, I will definitely never forget these dreamy weeks and hope to come back one day to be able to visit these people again!Read more